Fixture



(l Io Model.)

' L..' K. STRANG.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 364,608. Patented June 7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEW K. STRANG, OF G OUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, Assienon TO HIMSELF,

SYDNEY HUToHINeS, AND SIDNEY S. SYLVESTER, or SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of-Letters Patent No. 364,608, dated June 7, 1887. Application filed January 24, 1887. Serial No. 225,336. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEW'K. STRANG, of Gloucester,.in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new 5 and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or'science to which said invention appertains to make and use the lC same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an isomelrical perspective view showing my improvedfixture in position for l 5 use, a portion of the glass and sash being rep-- resented as broken away; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the bar detached; Fig. 3, a cross-section showing certain details of the improvement; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the slide de- 23 tached, and Fig. 5 a side elevation of the bracket detached.

Like letters of reference indicate correspond ing parts in the different figures of the drawlugs.

2 5 My invention relates to that class of curtainfixtures which are designedto be attached direetly to the sash of the window and raised and lowered therewith; and .it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts,

as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed,

the object being to produce asimplcr and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use. 7 I

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the sash, and 13 the glass. A bracket, C,-providedwithlat- 4o erally-projecting flanges m at its outer end and arranged horizontally, as shown in Fig. 1, is secured to the stile or side rail of the sash by the screws 00; but instead of being attached to the side ra'il, it may be attached to the top rail, if preferred, and substantially the same results will be secured.

A slide, D, provided with laterally-projecting flanges v at its inner end,and an elongated slot, t, in its body, is secured to the bracket 0 by the set-screw 2, which passes through said slot into a threaded hole, f, in said bracket, the slide being rendered adjustable thereon by the slot and screw and kept in a horizontal position by the flanges,the flanges 11 being so constructed and arranged as to overlap the body 5 of the bracket'and the flanges m the body of the slide. Any other equivalent means may, however, be employed to keep the slide in a horizontal position.

7 The slide is provided at its outer end with a lateral hole or mortise, 7s, and set-screw g,-

and fitted to work in said mortise there is a bar, E, provided with an upwardly-projecting arm, b, at its outer end.

The arm is provided withtwo vertically-ar- 63 ranged elongated slots, (1, and .is channeled longitudinally on its rear side, as shown at 71,

to receive nuts Z for screws i, which pass through the slots d, one each of said nuts and screws being shown in Fig. 3.

. It will be understood that a corresponding bracket, 0, carrying a slide, D, and bar E, is secured to the sash at the opposite side of the window and in a corresponding position; but it is not deemed essential to show but one set of these parts.

The horizontally-arranged 'bai's E project outwardly at either side of the sash over or past the window frame or casing,and the shade or curtain roll is designed to be attached thereto 8c by the screws 13, which pass through the holes in the'ordinary bracket and through the slots (E into the nuts I.

It is well known that when the brackets i which the shade-roll is supportedare secured 8 5 to the top or sides of the window casing or frame in the usual manner the upper sash cannot be conveniently lowered to ventilate the room, and also that the current of incoming air is liable to tear the curtain from the roll or blow it about in such a manner as to annoy the occupants of the room with the noise thus produced.

In the use of ordinary curtain-fixtures it is necessaryto attach the brackets in which the 9 5 roll is supported to the top'or sides of the casing, in order that a shade or curtain wide enough to cover the window may be employed, and to prevent the shade from slatting or being blown about by the current of air passing too through the window when the sash is lowered it has to be entirely wound up onto the roll or drawn down and otherwise secured, it being obvious that when wound entirely onto the roll the window will be left uneurtained, and when pulled down and secured it will be blown about more or less, and also prevent the room from being properly ventilated.

My invention is designed to obviate these difficulties and objections, and to that end I make use of the means shown and deseiibed, whereby I am enabled to mount the brackets or supports on the sash of the window in such a manner that the shade may be raised and lowered conjointly with the sash, and still employ a shade of sufficient width to cover the window.

The adjustable bars E, which project over the casing at either side of the window, enable any desired length ofroll to be used,while the adjustable slide D enables the roll to be brought as near to the casing as may be desired. The elongated slots d,scrcw1', and nut I also enable any ordinary roll-bracket to be readily secured to the arm E.

Iam aware thatit is old to construct a curtai nfixture having a bracket formed with ways, either inclosed or open, in which a slide is adapted to operate, the said slide having a headwith an opening and provided with means for securing it to said bracket, and also having a second slide adjustable at right angles to the first slide in the opening of said head, and provided with an arm furnishing a bearing at its outer end for the roller-journals.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a curtain-fixture, a stationary bracket having the top and bottom side flanges m, near the outer end thereof,and the openingf, as shown, in combination with the slide D, having elongated side slot, t, and top and bottom side flanges o and screw 2', the said flanges n being adapted to embrace the body of the bracket and the flange m to embrace the body ol the slide, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A curtain-fixture having a bracket and slide, each of which has flanges adapted to embrace the body or shank of the other, the outer V end of the slide having an angular opening and provided with an angular bar having a vertical arm with elongated slots (1 and channel 7!, all substantially as described.

LE\V K. STRANG. \Vitnesses:

C. A. Snaw, E. L. SAWYER. 

